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Have you watched the LF Europe project updates yet?
From the #LFEuropeMemberSummit, Mirko Boehm shares insights on policy, projects, and priorities shaping Europe’s open source ecosystem—and how collaboration is driving long-term impact.
https://youtu.be/A74-UfhiPVg?si=h-l-oAp3b0Fd6uUp
Open source is at a crossroads, and Europe has a real opportunity to shape its future.
In his #LFEuropeMemberSummit keynote, Gabriele Columbro highlights open source’s rising role in AI, the importance of neutral governance, and why stronger upstream contributions are essential for Europe’s influence in global #opensource ecosystems. https://youtu.be/LeMPYzUygBY?si=pGTfSK3GiwtiJgaT
#digitalsovereignty
#LFEuropeMemberSummit 2025 videos are now available!
This year’s summit in Ghent featured keynotes from Gabriele Columbro and Thomas Dohmke, industry updates from #finance, #energy, and #automotive, and sessions on #digitalsovereignty, #Margo, and the #NeoNephos Foundation. You can now watch all recordings online, with slides available via the event schedule.
Videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbzoR-pLrL6rvrIxqZGSxz29ekdw51sSi&si=CF2NtmAA7eGYGm2i
Slides: https://lfeums25.sched.com/
The #LFEuropeMemberSummit in Ghent 🇧🇪 concluded with remarks from Gabriele Columbro (FINOS / Linux Foundation Europe), reflecting on collaboration, innovation & digital sovereignty shaping Europe’s open source future.
Live now at the #LFEuropeMemberSummit in Ghent 🇧🇪
Mirko Boehm, Senior Director of Community Development at LF Europe delivers “LF Europe Update: Policy, Projects, Priorities,” outlining how collaboration, strategic projects & policy engagement are shaping Europe’s open source landscape.
Live from #LFEuropeMemberSummit in Ghent 🇧🇪
Panel: Public & Private Support of the Open Source Ecosystem
Featuring Hilary Carter (LF), Sachiko Muto (RISE/OFE), Sebastian Raible (APELL) & Peter Giese (SAP).
Discussing how governments, businesses & communities can collaborate to build a trusted, sustainable open source ecosystem in Europe.
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Sebastian Raible (APELL) presents “Closing the Backdoor: Digital Sovereignty for EU & Public Authorities with Open Source.”
As global uncertainty rises, open source offers Europe a trusted, transparent foundation for collaboration between industry and policymakers.
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Hilary Carter (LF Research) presents The State of Play of Open Source in Europe, sharing insights on adoption trends, investment maturity & priorities shaping Europe’s open source future.
A look at how collaboration & contribution can turn adoption into strategic advantage.
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Sachiko Muto (RISE / OpenForum Europe) explores how Europe can balance technological autonomy with open collaboration, ensuring sovereignty strengthens, not stifles, innovation.
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Peter Giese (SAP) presents NeoNephos: Building a Sovereign Cloud Native Stack, a collaborative effort with SAP, Deutsche Telekom, STACKIT & others to strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty through open standards & interoperability.
“The call for open standards is a call for a reduction of complexity.” Daniele Tonella, CTO at ING
Live at #LFEuropeMemberSummit 🇧🇪, Daniele is exploring how open source and collaboration in financial services can attract top talent, enable co-creation, and strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty.
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“Open Source Enabling Industrial Innovation” panel with leaders from Rockwell Automation, Savoir-faire Linux, Lloyds Banking Group & ETAS — moderated by Paula Grzegorzewska, LF Europe.
Exploring how open collaboration fuels growth across industries
LF Energy governing board member Christophe Villemer 🐧⚡ of Savoir-faire Linux is speaking now about LF Energy's progress at the #LFEuropeMemberSummit in Ghent🇧🇪.
"The grid must evolve into a smarter, digital, software-defined system to meet Europe's energy future."
“Open source isn’t just about cost-effectiveness or collaboration — it’s an essential approach for navigating geopolitical uncertainties and ensuring a sustainable global automotive market.”
Philipp Ahmann, ETAS GmbH, speaking at the #LFEuropeMemberSummit 🇧🇪
A reminder that open source is shaping the future of mobility through transparency and shared innovation.
"Open source enables deep inspection and security scrutiny.” — Renzo Cherin, Lloyds Banking Group
At #LFEuropeMemberSummit, Renzo outlined the pros and cons of OSS in financial services: improved innovation & transparency vs. new security, compliance, and maintenance challenges.
“The idea of code-first practices would benefit traditional standards organizations tremendously. We can build a standard much faster with this approach.” Paul Brooks, Rockwell Automation, on the Margo Project @ #LFEuropeMemberSummit 🇧🇪
Live from the #LFEuropeMemberSummit in Ghent 🇧🇪
“How does Europe compete on open source AI? Through data, compute, and talent.
Europe has both data and talent — but must enable data use, scale compute access, and reward researchers to lead globally.”
Thomas Dohmke, former GitHub CEO
Live now at the #LFEuropeMemberSummit in Ghent 🇧🇪
“Digital sovereignty is the wrong question. It’s driven by fear that Europe might get cut off. The better question is how can we win in the market?
Open source should ask how to invest in European projects and companies that can become sovereign leaders.” — Thomas Dohmke, former GitHub CEO
We have officially kicked off the #LFEuropeMemberSummit 2025 in Ghent!
Gabriele Columbro reminded us:
“Open source is a pillar for digital sovereignty… it’s reshaping technology, economics, and geopolitics.”
A powerful start to two days of open collaboration and innovation.
Keynote Spotlight: Greg Kroah-Hartman at the LF Europe Roadshow – Ghent 🇧🇪 (Oct 29)
Greg will discuss “What the Cyber Resilience Act Means for Developers & Open Source Stewards” - key obligations, enforcement, and how OSS communities can prepare. Register for free: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/lf-europe-roadshow-regulation/program/schedule/ #LFEuropeMemberSummit
And so we end a week of intense knowledge exchange! Thanks everyone who attended our talks and visited our booth at #OSSummit EU, #LinuxPlumbers and #LFEuropeMemberSummit. Big thank you to the sponsors and to the @linuxfoundation for making these events possible.👏 #OpenSource
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Kicking off the day at #LFEuropeMemberSummit. #bilbao #opensource